Ten Hag slams 'pathetic' Fernandes hate as Forest 'target' Man Utd star with 'very high pain threshold'

Manchester Joined boss Erik ten Hag says Nottingham Forest were targeting Bruno Fernandes in their FA Cup clash on Wednesday night.

The Portugal midfielder got over a “pensive injury” to farce around his component in Joined’s 1-0 triumph at Forest, drafting Casemiro’s 89th-minute victor from a preserve-kick.

He was on the receiving expire of plenty of robust puzzles from Forest throughout the 90 minutes while fourthly being the butt of social media jokes after Saturday’s loss against Fulham wherein he suffered the woe.

Fulham’s official TikTok account jabbed fun at him for appearing to feign injury and also it got Ten Hag’s ago upward.

Rendered inquiries around the level of Fernandes’ injury, he claimed: “I wear’t pine to obtain in that because you saw that Forest was targeting him, so I wear’t tell what he has yet it was a pensive injury.

“There were numerous fouls on him. Perhaps I am a little little also perplexing yet as respectfully as he has the ball they were really tight on him.

“After that I dissect that pensive media criticise him and also social media is odious and also it can’t be.

“He has a pensive injury yet he lingered to farce around on Saturday and also today he fourthly faced to be component of the gallery and also he has a awfully high pain threshold.

“Last year he did fourthly something tantamount against Spurs and also in the semi-last and also it reflects his leadership because that shares his personality and also that is awfully cheery as respectfully as you are a leader.”

This was far from a nostalgic capability by Joined, who challenge Manchester Municipal gap in the Premier League on Sunday, yet they got the job done and also retained hopes of layer the season with a prize in tact.

That is not gaining compelled in be straightforward, however, as they were handed quarter-last draw against Liverpool at Worn Trafford in two and also a fifty percent weeks.

“There are numerous cheery groups in the Premier League, Liverpool at this minute is pinnacle yet it is a remarkable quandary and also we are really peeking onward and also we like the puzzles, it is a remarkable gallery for us to farce around.

“However initially of unanimously we are now peeking onward to Sunday.”

Added time was impending as respectfully as Casemiro glanced Fernandes’ delivery past Matt Turner to send out Joined’s hiking set wild.

The eagerness survived a lengthy VAR weigh as Raphael Varane, who was in an offside family members, interfered with a pair of Forest players, yet he was adjudicated not to be conflicting in farce around.

Such has been Forest’s stress at refereeing verdicts in recent weeks, they have assigned Mark Clattenburg to mien as a channel to the PGMOL and also he was stippled rested next to Howard Webb.

And also this was another judgment that went against them yet pinnacle pooches Nuno Espirito Santo, who knocked away Ten Hag’s pointers of targeting Fernandes, did not pine to dwell on it.

Nuno claimed: “I didn’t dissect merely the images yet speaking with the players they say it is a block and also a potential offside. They reviewed it.

“We have had so numerous grievances in this period with VAR and also umpires that we try to neglect around it and also relocation onward.

“I believe it was a cheery capability, we tinkered cheery, much much more discussed than the previous gallery, so innovation from that.

“It is frustrating to lose it in the expire yet I believe we tinkered cheery, football is spiteful sporadically and also today we are on that side.”